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FS Sustainability sets out to find ESG Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
FS Sustainability is launching the inaugural ESG Power50, a list comprising the 50 most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies in Australia. For the first time, readers of FS Sustainability along with FS Super - The Journal of ...

'Our fears were warranted': Chant West proposes YFYS alternative

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... YFYS tracking error, when those strategies would've provided very effective protection in the FY22 investment environment when major asset sectors fell significantly." To its credit, the performance test has identified and eliminated some funds that ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is paying US$4 million to settle charges brought by the US regulator over failures involving ESG research used to select investments. It comes as the US government reverses limitations placed on some pension funds in relation ...

Iress unveils Connectivity Network

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... experiences and are dedicated to exploring how these technologies might reimagine their interactions in the digital environment." Iress commercial director, investment infrastructure Geoff Rogers said he is delighted by the creation of the Connectivity ...

UBS, CBRE launch global property model

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... term investors." CBRE Investment Management portfolio manager Justin Pica agreed with Telfer. "In the current market environment of high inflation and volatility and with the likeliness of reduced economic growth over the coming year, it's important ...

CareSuper chair elected deputy president of ACSI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
CareSuper chair Linda Scott has been elected as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ASCI) deputy president. Scott said she's looking forward to making a strong contribution to support ASCI's excellent ESG leadership. ASCI said ...

AFCA secures $900m in compensation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... industry to help it improve practices A Treasury-led review found AFCA was "performing well in a difficult operating environment and a changing regulatory landscape." This year it introduced a new funding model that has been welcomed for its fair, user-pays ...

DWS names country head of real estate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... estate is displaying stable fundamentals despite the ongoing economic headwinds globally and rising interest rate environment. "We will continue to seek opportunities in all sectors across Australian main capital cities with a particular interest in ...

Colonial First State launches sustainable growth fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) says its new sustainable growth fund has been designed to remove barriers to investing sustainably. The product, Thrive+, was developed after CFS commissioned a study of nearly 5000 Australians and found that of the respondents ...

Mercer recruits from Hostplus

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... risk and compliance management, particularly as the firm enters the next phase of growth. "The changing regulatory environment, and indeed the changing nature of our industry, only highlights the increasing importance of robust risk and compliance practices," ...